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What happened to te screen savers in 12.04

Asked by Lynne Stevens

I can't find the screen savers at all . . Means I can't set the time or which screen saver . . Also can't get the Day to show in the Date Time area WHAT GIVES ? . . I had to add wearher to get that on the bar I upgraded to 11-10 and same day upgraded to 12.04 . . Did You people fix 12.10 so it has a good Gnome classic ?

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#1

I did a search on the web for an answer Screen Savers for Ubuntu and got this page
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/add-enable-screensavers-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

I at least have the contol of which screen savers and time for it to come on but the Cosmos screen saver is gone
It also fixed the opening sounds on a different link . .

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/10/enable-screensavers-in-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot/

It's been around a while now. There are countless guides on this. Were you not able to find a guide online?

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

As alternative one can click on 'Answers' on top of this page, e.g.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+question/196304

Gnome3 decided to drop the screensaver.
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-screensaver

Plans for 12.10 can be found there.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/uds-q-summary-bye-bye-unity-2d-hello-gnome-shell-spin/

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